31. Ellis entered active military duty in September 1941 as an aviation cadet at Maxwell Field, Alabama. 32. He was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1955 after completing aviation cadet training. 33. After graduation, he enlisted as an aviation cadet . 34. Meinecke was posted to duty training Turkish aviation cadets in the Ottoman Empire on 1 October 1915. 35. In 1942, at age 18, Kelly joined the United States Army Air Forces as an Aviation Cadet . 36. Bazley enlisted in September 1943 and entered active duty through the aviation cadet program in January 1944. 37. The wing was a World War II unit for the classification and preflight testing of aviation cadets . 38. Five of the aviation cadets at Tuskegee entered advanced flying training with P-40 Warhawks in January 1942. 39. Mathis transferred into his brother's unit and began aviation cadet training at Goodfellow Field in San Angelo. 40. Upon graduation from college, he joined the U . S . Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet .